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NASA's Michigan Space Grant Consortium Fellowship Opportunities

October 10, 2017

Grand Valley State University is an affiliate member of NASA’s
Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC), and a participant in
fellowship and grant funding opportunities competitively offered
through the consortium. GVSU is one of 11 academic affiliate MSGC
institutions in Michigan and undergraduate and graduate students may
seek fellowships to carry out research projects through MSGC under the
mentorship of GVSU faculty.

For over 2 decades, GVSU faculty and students have built a solid
record of obtaining MSGC fellowships and grants enriching the
scholarship and education experience of both GVSU students and
faculty. Last year, approximately $55,000 was brought in and provided
fellowships for 5 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students (Dana
Wessels, a Master of Biology student, and Katie Knapp, a Master of
Biology student studying at AWRI), seed grant for 2 faculty members
and K-12 science training and outreach program grant for 3 others.

This opportunity can benefit students seeking research and
educational opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics, Aerospace, Space or Earth System Science. MSGC will even
fund proposals in disciplines that may appear to be outside of the
bounds such as Communications, Psychology, Medicine and Movement
Science that can impact science education and exploration of Earth and space.

Fellowship awards for undergraduate and graduate students are $2,500
and $5,000, respectively. Each fellowship student must work closely
with a faculty mentor and will be paid a stipend over a ten-week
summer period.

For more information or if you are interested in this opportunity,
please visit the MSCG website at www.mi.spacegrant.org.

To discuss a proposal/application, contact Dr. Bopi Biddanda at biddandb@gvsu.edu or
616-331-3978. Dr. Biddanda can discuss ideas and issues concerning
submission of a proposal, and can guide students to other sources for
assistance at GVSU such as mentor-student relations for fellowship
applications, securing match for seed and program awards, and finally
routing of all proposals through GVSU’s Office of Sponsored
Programs. Students should submit an intention to apply to Dr. Biddanda
by October 27 th. Proposals must route on Cayuse for internal GVSU
approval by November 17th, and be complete and ready to submit by
December 1. The Deadline for applications is December 4 th, 2017.